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[…] for the Treatment of Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS American dream Let’s stand back and share the view Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : President Obama’s drug strategy team has a monumental task on its […]

[…] to the drawing board and re-evaluate my future career as it doesn’t look very likely that it will be in my chosen field! Regards to Kevin Flemen. Caroline Knight, Midlands PS (Somebody giz a job.) Power struggles nothing new It was with mixed feelings that I read Kevin Flemen’s commentary (DDN,23 October, page 6). […]

[…] ser vice users? ‘I do think people will think twice about employing ex-users, because they’ll have to go through so many checks,’ says chief executive of FDAP, Carole Sharma. ‘Also the definition of "vulnerable adults" isn’t that clear. I would want to say from a practitioner point of view that drug and alcohol users […]

[…] including primary, secondary and acute care.’ However, the reasons behind the long-term erosion of the field’s capacity to support people in need were ‘plain to see in Dame Carol Black’s recent review’, it stated. ‘This recent rise in deaths makes only more important the announcement of the cross-government drug strategy in the coming weeks.’ Sad Silhouette

[…] he told the NTA. Minister for Public Health ‘Banging the drum across the country’ to link drug issues with the public health agenda was the promise of Caroline Flint MP,newly transferred from the Home Office to the Department of Health. The outlook was positive, with lowest numbers of people dying from drug abuse since […]

[…] animated discussion about addressing all the other things going on in a person’s life – the things that profoundly influence health. We’re at a pivotal point. Prof Dame Carol Black tells us that we need to make our case for why a boost in funding has not had the desired impact on drug-related deaths. We have […]

[…] on 12-step treatment; comments on cannabis safety. 8 Trawls through Findings NTORS and the myster y of £3 savings for £1 of treatment. 9 Q&A Advice for Caroline on steering her career into management. 14 Jobs, tenders, courses & conferences 16 Drink and Drugs News 24 April 2006 Imagine being categorised as a chocolate […]

[…] a drug or alcohol problem. The winner will receive a cheque for £150 and runners up £100, and the successful entries will be read at Adfam’s annual carol concert in December by Adfam patron Sandi Toksvig and actors Zoe Wanamaker and Lesley Joseph. Entries can be a piece of writing (500 words or less), […]

[…] until October 10, 2022. Commenting on the white paper, Mark Moody said: “Last year we welcomed the new drug strategy, which implemented the independent recommendations of Dame Carol Black’s inquiry, as major commitment to a fresh approach to drug treatment and recovery, with funding to match. “We will take time to digest the white paper […]

[…] 2081 e: ian@cjwellings.com Designer: Jez Tucker e: jez@cjwellings.com Subscriptions: e: subs@cjwellings.com Events: e: office@fdap.org.uk Website: www.drinkanddrugs.net Website maintained by wiredupwales.com Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ Printed on environmentally friendly paper by the Manson Group Ltd Cover: Ian Francis / Alamy CJ Wellings Ltd, FDAP and WIRED […]

[…] in the exhibition area. 9.00–10.00am registration and refreshments ——- 10.00–11.30am Session one The state of the sector: Rosanna O’Connor, OHID An update on the impact of the Carol Black report and recent funding announcements, and the implications for people with lived experience. Female focused services: Nic Adamson, executive director, Change Grow Live  We need to […]

[…] with all other drug treatment services to assess and address the problems of individual drug users within a holistic framework. GP delegates reach consensus on drug services Caroline Flint MP has left the Home Office to be reassigned to the Department of Health, in this week’s cabinet reshuffle. Ms Flint’s new role will be […]

[…] features a number of staff members including one of Change Grow Live’s service managers, former and current services users, as well as a senior government advisor, Dame Carol Black. Through personal interviews, the documentary explores the reasons why the ‘recovery village’ was set up in Birkenhead, how the concept works in practice and the lived […]

[…] make significant positive changes to the lives of individuals, their families and communities. 9 New funding for the drug sector, and an increasing emphasis on gambling Dame Carol Black’s Independent review of drugs and the subsequent government drug strategy which launched in December 2021 came with significant investment – £530m for treatment and harm reduction, […]

[…] is time to highlight the benefits of well-designed and well-implemented people-centred drug policies,’ said commission chair Ruth Dreifuss. Advancing drug policy reform available at www.globalcommissionondrugs.org SKEWED SYSTEM Black and Asian men are about 1.4 times more likely to receive a custodial sentence for drugs offences than white men, according to the interim report from […]

[…] 2081 e: ian@cjwellings.com Designer: Jez Tucker e: jez@cjwellings.com Subscriptions: e: subs@cjwellings.com Events: e: office@fdap.org.uk Website: www.drinkanddrugs.net Website maintained by wiredupwales.com Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ Printed on environmentally friendly paper by the Manson Group Ltd Cover: Daniel Templeton / Alamy Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, FDAP […]

[…] between the Department of Health, Home Office and the Department for Education and Skills, which represents £2.8m investment in drug guidance for young people. Home Office Minister, Caroline Flint, said the 30 local authorities would drive the strategy forward, ‘testing what works best and sharing effective practice across the country’. They would act as […]

[…] addiction such as trauma, and responding through approaches which enhance safety and empowerment to promote meaningful recovery. The promise of increased funding for treatment services through Dame Carol Black’s report and the resulting government drug strategy is really welcomed at such a critical point. Our experience has taught us that to meet the needs of […]

[…] faults, the fact that major safety net taken away stands out as particularly crass in the social care agenda. Vicky baloney, service manager, Early Break The need to influence local commissioning is huge. I’m often met with ‘does that tick an outcome box for me?’ We try and link with social care – it’s about challenging and educating other services that are in contact with children. We’re dependent on high threshold cases coming forward. It’s about a whole family approach, including domestic violence and mental health. We need to see families who are not in touch with any services. Eric Appleby, chief executive, Alcohol Concern Alcohol’s always been the poor relation. One of the possible effects of changes is that the playing field will be leveled up a bit.  We need places for families to go – and for them to know that places are there. Many things prevent them from doing this, such as them thinking that it’s normal and that they should cope. No one knows how to talk about drinking – it’s either a joke or a real problem. Professionals will ask about all sorts of things but find it very difficult to talk about alcohol. We talk about ‘binge drinking young people’, because that’s not us. Alan Hopley, director of fundraising, marketing and communications, Addaction Not only will drugs and alcohol compete with obesity, smoking etc, but ring- fencing will come off. So there won’t be a joined-up approach – it’ll depend on personalities and local authorities. Payment by Results (PbR) may mean a very quick turnaround; people in and out of the door. These are the sorts of contracts we’re going to have to decide whether or not to go for. We need to make successful services more successful and let other stuff fall by the wayside. We have to work in different ways. Carole Sharma, chief executive, FDAP We have a challenge in helping the treatment workforce to work differently from how we’ve always worked. We need to train all staff involved – we’re still failing to get the agenda into doctors’, schools etc. We’ve had a culture of targets – and they can clear the mind and help you focus. But some people think if you don’t have to do it, you can ignore it, so they don’t have a drug and alcohol service. Lots of reforms are based on the fact that people are passionate about what they do – but this doesn’t make it safe. I feel we’re going to have to start again from grass roots. Jan Tallis, chief executive, School bome Support We’re having to put more effort into showcasing our work. Last year we were working in b50 schools – this year it’s 150. We lost five local authority contracts. There’s no one else there for early interventions, asking the right questions.  School’s a brilliant place to start as it’s a non-stigmatising environment, but teachers need to have drug and alcohol awareness. People are being required to double their output for half the input – it’s scary. Services won’t be there that we used to use for referrals. Let ’ s talk … April 2012 |  drinkanddrugbnewb | 9 www.drinkanddrugsnews.com Cover story b  Family bupport […]

[…] Outreach provision was weak, prison work was demoralising, carat workers needed to be suppor ted and resourced, and it was vital to engage with young people. Enthusiasm needed to be kindled and was central to effective training: ‘The best workers are passionate about what they do. It’s infectious,’ saidAhmun. Diversity was not about identifying ‘marginalised’ groups, but about good business practice. ‘You have to determine who’s in an area and set about meeting those needs.’ The NTA needed to make its messages heard: ‘You have to sell this, you have to make it work,’ he told the NTA. Minister for Public Health ‘Banging the drum across the countr y’ to link drugissues with the public health agenda was thepromise of  Caroline Flint MP ,ne wly transferred from the Home Office to the Department of Health. The outlook was positive, with lowest numbers of people dying from drug abuse since 1997. The 55 per cent increase in allocations to DATs to 2008represented ‘funding on an unprecedented scale’,and the Prime Minister had signed up to the benefits of funding drug programmes, she said. She was forging a close par tnership with Paul Goggins at theHome Office. Health in prison raised huge challenges, that would be addressed by the Depar tment of Health’s £40m for the prison ser vice. But she was concerned at the ‘huge disparities in services across the countr y’ and stressed the impor tance of engaging communities. The NTA strategy could be effective in focusing minds on making sure ser vice users were not just […]

[…] 2008 The successful candidate will be required to apply for disclosure at Enhanced level from the Criminal Records Bureau. For further info. and application form please contact Carole Barnes on 01293 825400 or carole@prinsted.org DDN in association with FDAP Essential workshops Supervision, appraisal and DANOS 2 June 2008 – central London This one-day workshop […]

[…] than two per cent were referred into specialist support in 2019-20 surely represents a systems failure. Although community services have experienced a decade of profound disinvestment, Dame Carol Black’s recent review has set out a compelling vision of a refreshed and renewed system and made the case for major investment. This important thematic review will […]

[…] the UK, however, said Rolles. ‘It’s in the new drug strategy, it’s one of the Ds in the government’s flagship ADDER scheme, it was recommended in the Carol Black review. The government doesn’t particularly like to talk about it, certainly as a form of decriminalisation, but it does seem to be edging towards becoming national […]

[…] with all other drug treatment services to assess and address the problems of individual drug users within a holistic framework. GP delegates reach consensus on drug services Caroline Flint MP has left the Home Office to be reassigned to the Department of Health, in this week’s cabinet reshuffle. Ms Flint’s new role will be […]

[…] 2081 e: ian@cjwellings.com Designer: Jez Tucker e: jez@cjwellings.com Subscriptions: e: subs@cjwellings.com Events: e: office@fdap.org.uk Website: www.drinkanddrugs.net Website maintained by wiredupwales.com Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ Printed on environmentally friendly paper by the Manson Group Ltd Cover: Daniel Templeton / Alamy Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, FDAP […]

[…] between the Department of Health, Home Office and the Department for Education and Skills, which represents £2.8m investment in drug guidance for young people. Home Office Minister, Caroline Flint, said the 30 local authorities would drive the strategy forward, ‘testing what works best and sharing effective practice across the country’. They would act as […]

[…] consultation Vernon Coaker introduces the Drug Strategy Consultation, launched this week, and calls on DDN readers to take par t in debate. 8 Widening the safety net Caroline Cockwell explain how the substance misuse team at Bristol Prison is using naltrexone at a far earlier stage intreatment to give inmates a better chance of […]

[…] to ‘make clear what constitutes “reasonable grounds for suspicion”.’ Last year, a report from Release and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) found that black people were more than six times more likely to be stopped and searched for drugs than white people (DDN, September 2013, page 4). They were also […]

[…] person-centred care and equality. Noting that leadership is required to make person-centred care a reality, the CQC found that some groups – including disabled people, people from black and minority ethnic groups, lesbian, gay and bisexual people, younger people and those aged over 75 – were less likely to say that they were involved […]

[…] jailed for crack-related crimes, to make them ‘more consistent with the magnitude of the offence’. Offences related to crack dealing, which has been largely confined to America’s black community, have historically attracted far more severe punishments than comparable crimes involving powder cocaine, and one in nine black children in the US now has an […]

We’re not reaching people with problematic cannabis use says Lizzie McCulloch, whose report Black sheep offers a new approach to policy and treatment. Cannabis is now being cited as a problematic substance by 21 per cent of clients going through treatment and figures from Public Health England (PHE) show that new presentations for cannabis treatment […]

[…] a statement on 19 January that the professional body for substance misuse workers would close at the end of the month (drinkanddrugsnews.com/fdap-closes-and-transfers-functions-to-smmgp), FDAP’s board transferred all member services to SMMGP. Carole Sharma: Member interests are fully protected In the days following the announcement, Carole Sharma has been reiterating this position and today issued the following statement to […]

Dog handler Wilkes with his three-year old black lab and dog handler McColvin with her 18-month-old springer spaniel. The job of detecting drugs in prisons falls to a very keen team, as DDN discovers. It’s Tuesday morning at the village sports and social club. Three people stand in a line inside the venue, about […]

[…] cuts and challenges? DDN reports from the FDAP conference. ‘Services are now expected to do more with less while caring for individuals with increasingly complex needs,’ said Carole Sharma, chief executive of the Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals, opening FDAP’s annual conference for workers in the sector. So how could we drive workforce […]

[…] How many times do we keep trying to save people who don’t want to be saved? How many times do we bring them back from the brink to show them what a decent life is, only for them to vomit all over it after yet another bottle of gin? Carole Malone, Mirror, 14 July  

[…] shining and we enjoy the rest of the summer at Adfam HQ, our thoughts have turned to chillier festive times as we start to plan our annual carol concert. Each year this event is lit up by the words of families who have lived through a loved one’s addiction and entered our Family Voices […]

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[…] News Release’s 40th anniversary conference last week gave a fascinating – and deeply disturbing – look back to the beginning of the ‘war on drugs’. The artist Caroline Coon told how she had set up and run Release with fellow art students, because she couldn’t believe the government’s ‘stop and search’ regime that suddenly […]

[…] a simple question: did you get a good deal? Visitors can view, post and rate prices in a format that offers price transparency in an otherwise opaque black market. All submissions are anonymous, localisation is set to the city level, and the feedback is shared via a simple price rating scale. This gives users […]

  The Recovery Connectors group and lived experience recovery organisations (LEROs) are reshaping the way we look at recovery, say David Best, Stuart Green, Dave Higham, Tim Sampey, Tim Leighton, Jardine Simpson, Michaela Jones, Dot Smith and Ed Day. Long before the championing of recovery in the Drug strategy 2010, there were incredible efforts across […]

[…] brought particular experience to the argument for urgent drug law reform. As a former undercover drugs detective sergeant, he had come across corruption driven by the drugs black market ‘a great deal’ within the police force – of which the public knew little. Neil Woods, chair of LEAP UK. The only way to change […]

[…] this information will highlight the damage caused by drugs and push harm reduction measures higher on local health services’ agendas. Launching the action plan, public health minister Caroline Flint noted ‘massive strides’ had already been made in tackling the country’s drug problem, and emphasised that the governmentwas keen to do more. ‘Still too many […]

[…] 2081 e: ian@cjwellings.com Designer: Jez Tucker e: jez@cjwellings.com Subscriptions: e: subs@cjwellings.com Events: e: office@fdap.org.uk Website: www.drinkanddrugs.net Website maintained by wiredupwales.com Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ Printed on environmentally friendly paper by the Manson Group Ltd Cover: Sean Potter / Alamy CJ Wellings Ltd, FDAP and WIRED […]

[…] ‘spend big bucks – on some areas’, he said. ‘We’ve got the Treasury backing this with some major investment, for which a big hats off to Dame Carol.’ Once again, however, it was crime that had ‘animated the strategy and unlocked the funding.’ Collective Voice director Oliver Standing Overall the strategy was ‘really good […]

[…] instructor Karen, and auricular acupuncturists Acudetox Plus; everyone who contributed to the conference programme consultation; our volunteers: Lee Collingham, Beryl Poole, Jules Hunt, Si Parry, Sue Tutton, Carole Sharma, Tidjane Gbane and members of the Coventry and Birmingham recovery communities – Rich Maunders, Emily Goodyear, Kam Sidhu, Carole Darch, Indy Thandy, Mark Quinn, Robin […]

[…] Treatment of Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS Back to our roots Why sustaining growth is a personal business Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : With all this talk of recession threatening to get us down, […]

[…] and economic costs’ of a criminal justice approach and its impact on BME communities and the employment prospects of young people. UK drugs laws had resulted in ‘mostly the young,  black and poor’ being the focus of enforcement, it says.  The letter also urges the prime minister to lend his support to those governments in South America that […]

[…] smoking. About 9 per cent of children aged 11-15 smoke, with nearly 70 per cent of these buying cigarettes from newsagents or corner shops. Public Health Minister Caroline Flint said the proposals demonstrated the govern- ment’s determination to reduce preventable diseases and health inequalities. Consultation will run from 3 July to 9 October. Submit […]

[…] national service user conference in Birmingham.   So, lots of activity and not a lot of personal recovery, because, while I’ve been busy, I’ve become ill. My ‘ black dog’ (Churchill’s term for his depression – I quite like it) has recently, as it does from time to time, become much larger and is nipping […]

[…] Treatment of Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS Life and death Harm reduction at international level goes beyond choice Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : One slightly built young woman trembled on the platform at the […]

[…] opiate prescriptions. The next key group is the hundreds of thousands of cannabis users that do not enter treatment. Last year we showed in Liz McCulloch’s report Black sheep that cannabis presentations have risen by 55 per cent in ten years. My report Street lottery estimated that this equates to 200,000 cannabis users in […]

[…] Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS What’s up doc? Being an ‘agent of change’ is not the easiest job Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : The SMMGP conference – the event for Substance Misuse Management in […]

[…] If you have any general questions regarding this proposed service please contact: Clare Dodwell, clare.dodwell@oxfordshire.gov.uk If you have any general questions regarding the tender process please contact: Carol Rogan Strategic Procurement Officer Email: carol.rogan@oxfordshire.gov.uk Telephone: 01865 323731   The closing date for our receipt of expressions of interest is by 12 noon Thursday 17th […]

[…] session with the young person. At the fourth offence an Acceptable Behaviour Contract (ABC) will be developed, which includes sessions with a young person’s substance misuse worker. Carol-Anne Matic, the Royal Borough’s anti-social behaviour co- ordinator said the joint initiative was part of their ‘firm stance against those who will not change their behaviour […]

[…] their seats. Mike spoke about the reunion being the celebration of people’s ability to change, which was perfectly highlighted by the day’s five main speakers: Melissa, Leon, Carol, Mike and Alistair.  Melissa and Leon spoke about their firsthand experiences of recovery and Carol spoke about her family’s experience of their son’s addiction and how […]

[…] Addiction FEDERATION OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROFESSIONALS One way, or another Let’s make sure we spend on treatment that works Published by CJ Wellings Ltd, Southbank House, Black Prince Road, London SE1 7SJ PUBLISHERS: PARTNER ORGANISA TIONS : SUPPOR TING ORGANISA TIONS : Of course it makes sense to spend money on what works, […]